| 单词 | foot patrol |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot patrol foot patrol n. a patrol made on foot (as opposed to on horseback or by vehicle); (in early use) spec. †one made by foot soldiers (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > one who patrols > body of foot patrol1759 patrol watch1810 night patrol1814 1759 Public Advertiser 6 Mar. 1/2 There has been for sometime, and will be continued, a Horse and Foot Patrol, at different Avenues of the Town, to prevent Attacks of this Sort. 1888 N.-Y. Times 15 Mar. 2/2 We will make a change in the disposition of our force to-night at 7:30, the horse patrol being taken off, the men added to the foot patrol. 1986 Crime & Justice 8 369 The task force spent over 2,500 hours in the program area over the course of nine months. Seventy percent was devoted to foot patrol. 2010 S. Junger War i. iv. 55 They're providing overwatch for a foot patrol that has gone down-valley when rounds suddenly start smacking in all around them. < as lemmas |
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